Department of Psychology.
Department of Neuroscience.
J Exp Psychol Hum Percept Perform. 2019 Nov;45(11):1429-1435. doi: 10.1037/xhp0000684. Epub 2019 Jul 25.
In recent years, horizontal spatial information has received attention for its role in face perception. One study, for instance, has reported an association between horizontal tuning for faces and face identification ability measured within the same task. A possible consequence of this is that the correlation could have been overestimated. In the present study, we wanted to reexamine this question. We first measured face processing ability on the Cambridge Face Memory Test +, the Cambridge Face Perception Test, and the Glasgow Face Matching Test. A single ability score was extracted using a principal components analysis. In a separate task, participants also completed an identification task in which faces were randomly filtered on a trial basis using orientation bubbles. This task allowed the extraction of individual orientation profiles and horizontal tuning scores for faces. We then measured the association between horizontal tuning for faces and the face-processing ability score and observed a significant positive correlation. Importantly, this relation could not be accounted for by other factors such as object-processing ability, horizontal tuning for cars, or greater sensitivity to horizontal gratings. Our data give further credence to the hypothesis that horizontal facial structure plays a crucial role in face processing. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved).
近年来，水平空间信息因其在面孔感知中的作用而受到关注。例如，有一项研究报告称，面孔的水平调谐与在同一任务中测量的面孔识别能力之间存在关联。其可能的结果是，这种相关性可能被高估了。在本研究中，我们想重新检验这个问题。我们首先使用剑桥面孔记忆测试+、剑桥面孔知觉测试和格拉斯哥面孔匹配测试来测量面孔处理能力。使用主成分分析提取单一能力得分。在一个单独的任务中，参与者还完成了一个识别任务，其中面孔在每个试验的基础上随机使用方向泡泡进行过滤。该任务允许提取面孔的个体方向轮廓和水平调谐得分。然后，我们测量了面孔的水平调谐与面孔处理能力得分之间的关联，观察到了显著的正相关。重要的是，这种关系不能用其他因素来解释，如物体处理能力、汽车的水平调谐或对水平光栅的更高敏感性。我们的数据进一步证实了这样的假设，即水平的面部结构在面孔处理中起着至关重要的作用。（PsycINFO 数据库记录（c）2019 APA，保留所有权利）。
